Graham's medal softens SA's pain and other top stories.

• Graham's medal softens SA's pain

  SOUTH Australian captain Jack Graham has become the first Croweater in 14 years to win the Larke Medal as the best division one player at the AFL Under-18 National Championships.The North Adelaide product beat a crack field to soften the blow of SA falling short in its championship campaign, following Vic Metro’s final day victory against WA on Wednesday.Vic Metro’s 23-point win at Simonds Stadium at Geelong gave it an unbeaten 4-0 carnival record and its first title since 2012.SA, which finishe..

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• Mackenzie on outer at Eagles

  

  Craig O’Donoghue - The West Australian on June 30, 2016, 12:01 am Video Nic Naitanui moving well post surgery West Coast coach Adam Simpson insists 2014 best and fairest Eric Mackenzie remains a key part of his plans, despite being overlooked for tonight’s home game against Essendon for Mitch Brown.A 90-game veteran, Brown will play his first match since seriously injuring his left knee in round one last year.The luckless back man injured a finger before the season st..

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• Penrith Panthers signing Zak Hardaker drove eight hours to get passport to play in Australia

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Plays of the Week From flying cellar dwellers to one of the biggest upsets of all time, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sport world this week. PT1M42S 620 349 So desperate was Zak Hardaker to get to Australia to join Penrith, the Englishman embarked on an eight-hour return drive from Leeds to Wales to get a replacement for the passport he had lost.The English Super League Man of Steel, an award voted by the pl..

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• Semi Radradra's former partner applies for AVO against Parramatta Eels winger

  

  Subject of an AVO: Parramatta Eels' Fijian winger Semi Radradra has yet to return to the club. Photo: Getty Images The NRL will allow Semi Radradra to play while the subject of an apprehended violence order application from his former partner, but the complaint has raised fresh fears he will not return to Australia.Perina Ting gave a video statement to police on Tuesday night, alleging she had been assaulted on a number of occasions during an eight-month per..

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• Source: FOX SPORTS

  

  REPORTS have surfaced Jamie Soward will be released by Penrith immediately to take up an opportunity in the Super League.The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting Soward has probably played his last game for the Panthers after informing teammates of his departure on Wednesday morning.A club insider could not confirm or deny the news when contacted by Fox Sports.The veteran playmaker didn’t attend Wednesday’s training run at Pepper Stadium and has spent the past fortnight playing in the club’s reser..

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• Rio Olympics: Mexican Kevin Chavez to dive for Australia

  

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• LeBron James gives Delly love1:00

  

  MATTHEW Dellavedova swears it was sweat, not tears, that trickled down his face when Cleveland Cavaliers teammate LeBron James grabbed the microphone last week.Although, there is no doubt the words moved him.How could they not?IS DELLY AUSTRALIA’S NEXT $10 MILLION MAN?Here was the world’s best player — the man who led the Cavaliers to the NBA title — speaking glowingly of the no-frills kid from Maryborough that has had to scrap for everything he has achieved.The Victorian cult hero was not bless..

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• Pyke confident Crows will be locked in

  

  Pyke confident Crows will be locked in Harry Thring  June 29, 2016 3:28 PM Gill's dinner, Ted filthy, Silvagni close Nat Edwards with all the latest footy news ADELAIDE coach Don Pyke is confident his players will maintain their focus against Melbourne on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of the death of Phil Walsh. Out of respect for the Walsh family, Adelaide will take a "low-key" approach to marking the anniversary of their l..

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• The ticking time bomb that ended Sally Pearson's Rio hopes

  

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• Ben Cousins and Chris Judd leave the feild after preliminary final win in 2006. Picture: NewsCorp Australia

  

  'He's still doing it tough'1:27AFL: Former Richmond teammate Jake King talks of Ben Cousins recent hospitalisation Ben Cousins and Chris Judd leave the feild after preliminary final win in 2006. Picture: NewsCorp AustraliaFORMER AFL star Brad Hardie believes some people within the West Coast Eagles hold responsibility for Ben Cousins’ descent into drug abuse. Hardie, now a radio presenter at 6PR Perth, suggested the club had turned a blind eye to players like Cousins with drug issues.“Oh absolu..

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